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Gerjago Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 06 Jun 2013 Posts: 3
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:55 pm Post subject: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Hi all new user here based in dublin.
recently started renovating our house and the previous owner had dumped pebbles all over the back garden to prevent grass growth.
fine in the winter when we moved in but now summer is here and we have a 2 year old who loves being outdoors. how can i remove these stones and relay a lawn????? |
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Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 3129 Location: Kildare
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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energise Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Dont see why not unless theres something wrong with the underlying soil. |
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Gerjago Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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not can i but how can i |
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davidk Rank attained: Rowan Tree


Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Posts: 114 Location: Midlands
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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With a shovel |
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Gerjago Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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goodman david |
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avs0020 Rank attained: Hawthorn Tree


Joined: 24 Sep 2008 Posts: 95 Location: Kerry
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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I feel your pain. That's an interesting dilemma. Of course a shovel gets the bulk but its the remaining bits. I'm thinking of some sort of sive arrangement. You havent mentioned how fine the gravel is. if small enough would it be the end of the world if you left the last bit so gravel there for additional drainage. spread top soil and then planted your grass seed? |
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Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
Joined: 09 Nov 2011 Posts: 3129 Location: Kildare
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:22 am Post subject: |
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send us a pic and we will be on the case pronto with all the advice you need but no labor attached. |
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kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
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Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Spade first. (A Council Shovel would be ideal: broad and flat)
Then turn an ordinary Rake upside down and rake the remnants.
Then use a stiff Yard Brush to sweep up any odd bits.
(Just noticed my "rank". a; it should be Vegetable Garden Tenderer. (I think?) and b; I don't have a vegetable garden.  _________________ .
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A little garden in Co. Limerick. Some non-gardening photographs. |
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tippben Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 921 Location: north tipperary
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A vegetable garden tender is someone who looks after a veg garden (or a boat used to forcibly enlist young men to work in a veg garden against their will). A tenderer would be someone who puts in a bid to run a vegetable garden, or, with a comma, pulled a muscle while hoeing... |
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kindredspirit Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood

Joined: 10 Nov 2008 Posts: 2300 Location: Mid-west.
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